Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Pollinating iris...was question
- From: "* C* <j*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 23:43:58 -0600 (MDT)
Grif wrote:
>If the bee gets there before you, you should see the evidence -- pollen
on the stigma. If you don't see any, you can be reasonably confident
that you have an unpollinated bloom. Like some others who have
commented, the seedlings resulting from the crosses I have made show the
characteristics of their parents, so late arriving bees don't seem to
interfere with the pollen I have already planted.
Yes, I can understand that in most cases the bee would not pick an iris
very similar to the one the hybridiser uses. But I would be disappointed
if I bought an iris expecting it to cary plic. genes from the pollen
parent, and find that it didn't because the bee pollen was the actual
parent.
I have 'opened a bee hive' with my comment, and it is interesting
reading the different views.
Maureen, I will have to watch my fertile IB's closely, thanks for this
piece of information.
Jan Clark, in Australia
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